What does "inanity" mean?
Inanity: Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
Additional senses
- 2.An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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